Poetry Devices Quiz

The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text is known as:

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning is called:

• Metaphor

• Symbol

• Simile

• Theme

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet’s placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line, is referred to as:

• Meter

• Rhythm

• Stanza

• Verse

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A unified group of lines in poetry, often marked by spacing between sections of the poem, is called a:

• Stanza

• Verse

• Enjambment

• Ballad

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry, which can make the poem fast or slow, choppy or smooth, is known as:

• Meter

• Rhythm

• Tone

• Diction

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text is called:

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader is known as the:

• Theme

• Tone

• Diction

• Symbol

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

The author’s specific word choice is referred to as:

• Diction

• Tone

• Theme

• Symbol

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The attitude the poem’s narrator takes towards a subject or character is known as:

• Tone

• Theme

• Diction

• Symbol

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter is called:

• Free Verse

• Ballad

• Stanza

• Verse

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CCSS.RL.7.4